1. Download and install the appropriate software (GhostScript and GhostView)
2. Make the internet browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) use this software for displaying the files.
This document assumes you have an interenet browser installed - Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The file will be downloaded and you will be asked by the computer where
you would like to place the file.
Put it in a temporary directory.
Click here in order to download the file gsv31w32.exe which will be used for installing GhostView on your computer.
The file will be downloaded and you will be asked by the computer where
you would like to place the file.
Put it in the same temporary directory as before.
As an alternative (in case the link to abroad does not work) you can download the same two programs from the Hebrew University archive.
To do that, Click
here in order to download the file gs601w32.exe
Then Click
here in order to download the file gsv31w32.exe
After you have the two (big) files in a temporary directory, activate
(=double click) the file gs601w32.exe.
This will install GhostScript on your computer.
Then activate (=double click) the file gsv31w32.exe.
This will install GhostView on your computer.
After you installed the two programs, you can simply double click any PostScript file (that is, a file whose name has the extension .ps or .eps) GhostView will automatically open and display the file and will also give you many options for handling the file, including the possibility to print it on a PostScript printer.
Documentation explaining the two programs, namely GhostScript and GhostView, is included within the installation. You will have many documents on your disk, explaining the programs GhostScript and GhostView.
Documents explaining GhostScript will be found within \aladdin\gs6.01\doc -- click on Readme.htm
Documents explaining GhostView will be found within within \ghostgum\gsview -- click on Readme.htm within this directory.
However, you can simply go on and use the programs by double clicking on any PS file.
If the file description "Postscript Document" does not appear in the list, use the button "New" in order to create it with the relevant details. After you set the right details, click "OK".